/24-7PressRelease/ - February 02, 2007 - The Ultimate Valentine's Gift
MONTREAL (Febbruary 2, 2007) - Romance is turning 'virtual' this year with lovers around the World showing their affection by purchasing their partner everything from the Great Wall of China to the Playboy Mansion in the virtual world of Weblo.com. Nothing is more romantic than buying your lover their hometown or favorite vacation villa.
Weblo.com offers properties, towns, cities, and domain names for sale, in a virtual version of the real world. Everything from the Empire State Building to Paris the city of love is being bought and traded for real money, with members making profits from transactions and advertising revenue generated by traffic to their cities, states and asset web pages.
Properties are already being re-sold for profit. The virtual mayor of Seattle recently sold his city for $2000 and made a $1960 profit. Small towns are inexpensive, selling for as little as five dollars, while famous properties start from one dollar. The first owner of the Empire State Building paid one dollar and re-sold it for $250, making this year's Valentine's gift a potential investment.
"Weblo is like Monopoly on steroids, and people around the World are having fun and making real money," says Rocky Mirza, CEO and co-founder of Weblo.com. "You can buy a place or property that's personal to you, for example where you got engaged, while also offering the potential to earn money."
Members attract traffic to their Weblo.com websites with compelling content including photo galleries, forums, polls and videos. Members profit from advertising revenue generated from their sites. In addition, owners of cities, states and airports earn a percentage of all transactions within their territories.
For more information visit www.weblo.com
Influential Investors
Weblo.com is backed by Internet and social networking visionaries including Richard Rosenblatt the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Demand Media and the former Chairman of MySpace.com and CEO of parent company Intermix; Fred Harman, the managing partner of Oak Investment; Matt Hill, the chairman and founder of eForce Media; and William Woodward, the managing director and founder of Anthem Venture Partners.
About Weblo.com
Weblo.com is the premiere member-rated social networking website for localized, relevant content about the real world. Content includes video, audio, images, text and everything in your head. Members have fun and make money as they create sites, trade assets and rate each other while connecting to family, friends and communities around the world. Members earn real money via advertising click through and selling or auctioning assets for a profit. Headquartered in Montreal, Weblo.com was co-founded by Chief Executive Officer Rocky Mirza. To learn more about the experience, visit www.weblo.com.
Weblo.com is a registered trademark of Weblo.com Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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